Posted by Pfinstegg on November 12, 2005, at 16:08:45
In reply to Re: Knowing and not knowing... » Pfinstegg, posted by muffled on November 12, 2005, at 13:09:59
Nice to meet you, too! Could you be meeting up with another part of you when you have those flashacks? When I started therapy two and a half years ago, I had no idea that there was more than one part to me, and I really resisted learning about it, to the point that my analyst said, "You've almost got ME convinced that you don't have them. but not quite". Once I knew they were there, and started thinking that I had differing ego states- not DID, but differing parts, so that my feeling-state would change in an instant- from happy and calm to distressed and very sad, without knowing why- I began feeling better, slowly but surely. My analyst and I comfort the other states together now, as well as inquire all the time for things we don't know yet. It's such a novel way of working, but it really does seem to make more and more sense as we go along. I'm very distressed, too, about finding out how separate parts of me are, but I feel a lot better than when I didn't know anything about it. Thanks for your kind thoughts- and I hope all goes well with you!
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